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Monday, February 22, 2010

On February 22, 1980, the United States Hockey Team beat the Soviet Union's Team in one of the biggest upsets in Olympic history. I remember watching the game, and the video below really captures how the game felt that day (for those of you who watched it live). It is hard to explain to kids, as I tried to do last night, why this game was such a big deal.

Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Robbery: Several UT staff members, faculty, students, and Texas Ex's
discovered a fraction of a percentage point had been taken and was
transported across state lines. The percentage point was discovered
north of the Red River at the campus of another Big 12 South
University.

Monday, August 20, 2007

This spreadsheet is slowly circulating around the internet. I don't have any idea who created it, but it is the complete schedule for each of the Division I college teams, complete with each team's helmet shown on the spreadsheet each week the team plays.

Wednesday, August 30, 2006

I usually don't cover sports on this blog, but given Tiger Woods' recent winning streak, I found this Nike website really interesting. Nike has utilized a very expensive camera to show Tiger's swing in extremely fine detail. After watching the video, it's clear why he will be the number 1 golfer in the world for a long time.

Friday, February 24, 2006

My nephew Thomas Rooke is a very good pitcher. I thought I'd share with you his opening day performance as reported in today's Conroe Courier

Oak Ridge opened with an 8-2 win over Dayton with Jason West getting the win and Jared West and Frankie Miranda hitting three-run homers for the War Eagles. ORHS then came back a few hours later and blanked former league rival Willis 6-0, with Thomas Rooke coming through with a dazzling performance on the mound, going seven innings and allowing just two hits, while striking out 15 and walking none.

Tuesday, November 08, 2005

ESPN's reality show, Bound for Glory, airs its final episode tonight at 9:00pm CST. It hasn't been the most successful season for Montour, but as a reality show, I think Bound for Glory has proven to be one of the best. Well edited and filmed, Bound for Glory has given viewers an insight into the day-to-day life of high school football players, cheerleaders, coaches and parents. Dick Butkus and Ray Crockett made a great tandem of bad cop (sometimes appearing slightly unbalanced) and good cop.

Montour's complete season record is available here (by clicking this link you will see the complete record including the last 3 games which will be included in tonight's show, so don't click if you don't want to spoil tonight's episode).

Tonight's episode will be rebroadcast on ESPN2 on November 9 at 12:30am CST and November 11 at 1:00am CST.